Which to use
“shops” and “Show” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,970
- “shops” frequency rank
- #1,333
- “Show” frequency rank
- 13303
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | shops | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs shop | Vorführung eines (großen) Unterhaltungsprogramms vor Publikum (beispielsweise im Theater oder Varieté; oft in Fernsehen oder Radio übertragen), teilweise mit Informationscharakter |
Letter map: shops vs Show
Shared letters muted; letters that set shops and Show apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. shops runs 5 letters (CCVCC) against Show's 4 (CCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - shops / Show
shops and Show are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13303, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
shops is recorded at frequency rank #11,970, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Show is at rank #1,333, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ʃɔʊ̯].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 13303, this pair ranks #1,958,833 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of shops vs Show
Shared letters: hos. Private to "shops": p. Private to "Show": w.
"shops" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "Show" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "shops" and "Show" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "shops" or "Show"?
After this comparison
You've compared "shops" and "Show". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "shops" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Show" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,958,833 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "shops" and "Show" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs shops". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,958,833 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.